Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Thanks to newly awarded Watson Fellowships, two Colgate seniors will travel the globe next year to conduct research ranging from political accountability in countries like Egypt and Russia, to bias toward Gypsy populations in Europe. The prestigious Watson Fellowship is a one-year $25,000 grant for independent study and travel outside the United States, awarded to […]

Seeing Neil deGrasse Tyson deliver an exuberant lecture to a standing-room crowd at Memorial Chapel is an amazing experience, and hundreds of students took advantage of that Monday night. Now imagine being a physics or astronomy major with the opportunity to share your research with the acclaimed astrophysicist.

Five hundred feet above the ground. A street corner in Harlem. These are just two of the many places “Beyond Colgate” that students have been in recent weeks. The program, jointly funded by the university and Colgate alumni, enables students to apply classroom material to situations and locations beyond campus boundaries. Each semester, about a […]

Eric Taber ’13 imagined that a trek through the sprawling Annapurna Conservation Area of Nepal (ACA) would be the best way to study the impact of ongoing road development in the region. Thanks to his Alumni Memorial Scholar fellowship, he was able to go there himself. Taber, a biology and geography major from Cincinnati, Ohio, spent […]

It takes much discipline to succeed as an entrepreneur, as Colgate students are learning as they work with alumni in the university’s Thought Into Action Institute and other extracurricular programs. Next semester, a new pilot course will examine entrepreneurship through interdisciplinary, academic inquiry. Technology and Disruption (UNST 360) will be co-taught by Jeffrey Herbst, president […]

The hallway outside the Ho Tung Visualization Lab holds an impressive collection of fluorescent minerals that delight visitors coming to the lab for one of its unique shows. Matt Shramko ’13 and his father, Steven, donated 70 of the minerals to Colgate, a natural evolution of their longtime interests in geology.

Securing observing time on the Hubble Space Telescope is a highly desirable and extremely competitive process for astronomers. There are hundreds more projects submitted than can be accommodated, and the selection criteria is stringent. Colgate astronomy professor Jeff Bary and collaborator Tracy Beck of the Space Telescope Science Institute, though, were recently awarded 12 orbits, […]

Psychology professor Carrie Keating studies charisma, physical leadership qualities, and the facial features that suggest power as well as compassion. Last night, she watched the first of four presidential campaign debates for clues to how the candidates are being perceived by voters in the home stretch.

Associate professor Amy Leventer has received another prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This time, she will travel to a relatively unexplored and inaccessible region of East Antarctica — the Totten Glacier and Moscow University Ice Shelf — to investigate the reasons for accelerated ice loss there.

At Colgate University, faculty teach all classes. The advantage of that for students becomes clear when it comes to research. Faculty in all departments and programs closely engage students in research projects – sometimes as early as sophomore year. This summer, more than 100 undergraduates returned to Colgate to work one-on-one with faculty mentors on […]